Decoy.



A. c.vAuGHAN. Y Decoy. vAPPuc/mou mtu FEB. a. 1915.

1 ,1 85,559. Patented May 30, 1916.

l S lm` UNiTEDsTA'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS 0. VAUGHAN, 0F ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA.

DEcoY. l

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, AMos C. VAUGHAN,

a citizen of the United States,` residing at Anad'arko, in the county ofCaddo and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful AImprovementsin Decoys, of which the folcall or cry, and which mayalso move about vinthe water to simulate the motions of natural fowl.

The invention consists of the features of, construction, combmatlon andarrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing inwhich:- u

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section j of a decoy, in the formofaduck, embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical transverse sectionon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is 4a detail view on .an enlargedscale, partly in section, showing more clearly the sound producingmechanism. Fig. 4 is a similar viewl of the mechanisml as adapted' foruse in connection with a disk-record instead of a' cylinder record.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the body of the decoy, which maybe made in simulation'of a duck, goose, or other fowl or bird. This bodyis preferably hollow and composed of a bottom portion l2, of wood orother suitablematerial, and 'top portion 3 of sheet metal, 'canvas orother suitable material. The .ortion 3 includes a lower section 4sgcuredto the bottom 2, and an upper section formed of divided-portions5 and 6 rigidly united by.suitable connectingelements 7. The portion 3is hinged or pivoted at 2one side to one of the sides of the portion 4as shown at 8,` and is adapted tol be secure at its opposite .or freecside to the other side of the portion 4 by any suitable type offastening means, generally indicated at 9, the construction being suchas to pron'vide -a body having relatively hinged or pivoted bottom andtop sections adapted to be opened and closed for convenience in as-Specicatipn of Letters Patent.

Patented May eo, 1916.

Application led February 3, 1915. Serial No. 5,925.

sembling, cleaning and repairing the `internal parts.' The body. isprovided with an -adjustable rudder 9', which maybe set to guide thedecoy or cause it to describe any desired circle uponthe water.

Arranged within the body is a suitable frame structure 10 which supportsa clockwork mechanism 11, including a winding shaft 12 and a primarydrive gear 13 driven therefrom. Thel gear l13 drives a pinion 14 on ashaft with a gear 15 meshing with a pinion 16 on a shaft with atransmission gear 17. The transmission gear 17 in turn meshes with apinion 18 on a driving shaft 19 carrying a spur gear 20 and a beveledgear 21. vThe gear 20 is jarranged to rotate in "ag plane parallel withthe gear 17 and meshes with aspinion 22 `on a horizontal shaft 23, whichis suitably journaled upon the frame structure 10 and' is adapted tosupport the sound record of the phonographic mechanism. As shown inFigs. 1

and 2 a record cylinder 24 may be employed and secured between flangesor disks 25 and 25, the former being fixed tothe shaft and thel latterremovable to permit of the application and removal of the record, thesaid= removable flange `or disk being secured in position by means of aclamping screw 27 fitted ona threaded extension of the outer end of theshaft.

Carried by the framework is a bell-crank shaped lever 28, which has anarm 29 connected with the sound box or casing of a reproducer 31,carrying a sound horn 32, the

lweight of the reproducer and horn being supported from the frame work10 bya chain or other suitable supporting medium 33. The said arm 29 oflthe lever 28 is pivoted to the frame work 10, as at 34, so as tolmaintain the lever in a normally balanced position through the rforceof gravity. Thev stylus or needle 30 carried by the diaphragm 30 engagesand is influenced by the sound groove of the record 2 4, which is of aproper characterv to vibrate the lever and diaphragm to ,give the propercall' or cry. The other arm 35 of the lever 28 is arranged within thepath of a controlling cani 36 on the'outer face of the gear 19, whichengages the arm 35 at intervals to tilt the lever therevby throwing thestylus or needleto an inoperative position, so. that the calls or criesAproper 'intervals 'of scription, that when the clock work mechanism isset into action theineedleof the r eproducing mechanism', which isnormally 1n position for operation, will be vibrated by 'the rotatingrecord and will actuate the sound diaphragm to give the call or cry, andthat after one or more calls or cries are given the cam will render theneedle inoperative for a predetermined period, so that the callsSounding, with the intervals of silence between calls, will closelysimulate the calls or cries of the natural bird. It

between the record and the flange 25.

will of course be understood that the cam instead of throwing the stylusout of action mayon the other hand throw the stylus into abtion in whichevent the lever will op-v erate to hold the needle or stylus out of ac-'tion.

Instead of employing a cylinder record,

I may employ a disk record, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the record 24being mounted -upon the shaft 23 in place of the record 24 and securedin place by the aforementioned fastening means, one or more suitablewashers 36 being employed to take up the space For use in conjunctionwith such a record, a lever .28 is employed which lever has a verticalstylus carrying arm 37' connected with the diaphragm, a horizontal arm38 pivotally mounted upon the frame work as at 38', and a vertical arm39, the latter being arranged to coperate with the cam 36 for thepurpose beforedescribed. It will be understood that this lever ispivotally balanced so as to b e normally disposed and held by gravityvin position for coperation with the record, and that the lever istilted and thrown at intervals from an active to an inactive position,during which period.,

l of the sounding or calling mechanism may be exposed, allowing theclock work mech! anism toLbe conveniently wound and all the parts to belubricated, cleaned, repaired or replaced whenever required.

A propeller 40`may be mounted at the rear of the body on a shaft 41carrying a' pinion 42 meshing with theJ gear 21 by which the decoy maybepropelled in a given path.

In practice the bottom 3 is provided with an eye bolt or otherconnection 43 to which may be attachedV a suitable weight or anchor 44,whereby the decoy will be prevented from drifting/away while allowed tofloat upon the surface of the body of water.

When the decoy is in use, the propeller is set into action, and therudder may be adjusted so that the decoy will move in a cir cumscribedcircular path and will simulate the action of the natural fowl movingabout upon the surface ofthe water. rWhile so moving the call mechanismwill be sounded at fixed intervals through the action of the clock; workmechanism, asv will be readily understood.

I claim: l. A decoy including a hollow body hava sound escape outlet, aframe within the body, said frame including a plate hav` ing an openingtherein, a lever pivotally mounted within an opening in the plate andhaving angularly disposed arms extending on opposite sides of saidplate, a clock-work mechanism supported by 'the frame and including atransmission gear, a record holdl ing shaft journaled upon and extendingthrough said plate and driven at one end from said gear, a cam carriedby the transmission gear for vibrating said lever and adapted forcoperation with one of the arms of the lever, and a sound producingdevice supported by the other arm of the lever and adapted forcooperation with a record supported by the record holding shaft.

2rv A decoy including a hollow body having a sound escape opening, aframe within -the body, a clock-work mechanism supported by the frameand including a transmisl sion' ear havin a cam ro'ection a vibrat- 'inglever having oppositely projecting arms, one of said arms bemg adaptedto be engaged by the cam, wherebyl the lever is vibrated upon itspivotal connection, a sound producing mechanism supported by theother'arm of the lever, a shaft in gear with the transmission gear andadapted to support a sound record, and means forl securing the soundrecord thereon,

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMos cxvAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

' R. M. PELL,

JOHN BRUSH.

